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How many fake Sandy pictures were really shared on social media? | Australian Policy Online

How many fake Sandy pictures were really shared on social media? | Australian Policy Online | this curious life | Scoop.it

' ........ our team's research on Twitter use during the 2011 Queensland Floods showed that images and videos were shared more than any other category of content – including official emergency information and mainstream news reports.

 

Hurricane Sandy was no different, except perhaps for the controversies surrounding the circulation of fake or photoshopped storm images, an issue widely covered in the media, as social media users raced to question and debunk the fakes.'

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Italy outlaws 'you don't have the balls'

Italy outlaws 'you don't have the balls' | this curious life | Scoop.it
Highest appeals court rules it a crime to use phrase after case in which JP questioned existence of lawyer's testicles...

 

'With all the solemnity on which it can draw, Italy's highest appeals court has ruled it is a crime to utter the words: "You don't have the balls." And for reasons that are potentially as controversial as the judgment itself...........'

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